Personal Learning Account (PLA)

PLA

The Personal Learning Account (PLA) is a Welsh Government programme that allows eligible individuals to access fully funded courses and professional qualifications.

Designed to be flexible to work around business and employment needs, the goal is to upskill the workforce in areas identified as needed regionally.

  • Fully funded, flexible, part-time training and qualifications
  • Progress in your career
  • Change employment sector
  • Improve your employment prospects by retaining your role or securing improved employment

Must reside legally in Wales and be aged 19 years old or over

In addition, individuals must be:

  • employed (including Agency and Zero-hours contracts) or
  • self-employed or
  • full-time carers (incl. non-paid)
  • their annual basic salary does not go over £32,371

Individuals are deemed ineligible if, at point of application, they are:

  • under the age of 19 (caveat above) or
  • attending school, further or higher-education full-time or
  • in Welsh Government funded Work Based Learning or
  • an ineligible overseas national or
  • in receipt of an Assembly Learning Grant or Education Maintenance Allowance or
  • unemployed (i.e. do not have a contract of employment)

You cannot get a PLA if you do not fall into one of these criteria, if you are in full-time education, an apprenticeship programme or currently unemployed. You can still contact us for advice on what other funding is available on bdi@colegsirgar.ac.uk

ReAct+ Funding

If you’ve been made unemployed or redundant in the last 12 months you could be eligible to receive tailored support to get you into employment, in the shortest possible time.